Final Fantasy 7 Remake

Another game that could have been a highlight of Sony’s E3 conference was the Final Fantasy 7 remake. Announced back during Sony’s E3 show back in 2015, the news of a remake was the answer to something fans had been asking for for years. Since that announcement, however, we’ve seen precious little of the project. In December 2015, there was a cinematic trailer released:

But that’s about it.

One possible reason for its absence is that the project is no longer being developed externally and was recently brought in-house. This would indicate that the game is not in a state Square Enix is happy with and so is not willing to show.

Animal Crossing Switch

A lot of people expected that Nintendo’s Direct would bring the announcement of an Animal Crossing game for the Switch. There hasn’t been any news to indicate that Nintendo is working on this but that won’t put out the fires of hope. Still, at least we know there’s a new Metroid Prime, Kirby, Yoshi, and full-blooded Pokémon RPG in the works.

Pikmin 4

Long before we knew what exactly the Nintendo Switch was we knew that Nintendo was working on a fourth Pikmin game. While it’s not yet been shown off, Eurogamer confirmed with Shigeru Miyamoto that the game is still in development. That was about all he was allowed to say, though.

I've been told not to share anything about this from PR, but I can tell you it is progressing," said Miyamoto.

Below

First announced at E3 back in 2013 during Microsoft’s conference, Below has been sporadically appearing at shows for four years now with no sign of release. This year it was completely missing. What’s happened?

Developer Capybara is working on something else and has had to put Below on hold indefinitely. In March, the studio revealed that it was working on OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes for Cartoon Network. Unfortunately, the studio can’t work on two projects at once, after OK K.O. is released later this year we might see the studio return to its top-down Souls-like.

Shenmue 3

Another game announced on Sony’s stage in 2015 was the long-awaited Shenmue sequel. The kickstarter launched mid-show and within 24 hours it had been fully-funded. That was two years ago and, besides some behind-the-scenes videos and screenshots on its Kickstarter page, there hasn’t been a proper look at the game yet.

Cyberpunk 2077

CD Projekt RED’s next big game was first revealed back in 2014 but the studio has never shown it in action. With the last of the Witcher 3’s two big expansions released, now would be a perfect time for the studio to start showing off what it’s been working on. E3 2017 wasn’t to be it, however.

FromSoftware’s Unannounced Project

It’s no secret that FromSoftware is working on a new project. There have been little details about ‘it’ ever since the release of Dark Souls 3. For instance, in a Glixel interview, Ty Franck, co-author of the Expanse books, said that he had done some work with FromSoftware on a new game. And, in an interview with IGN back in December, studio head Hidetaka Miyazaki said the studio was working on three games, one of which was Armoured Core.

There are plenty of opportunities over the coming year to hear about these games — Gamescom, the Tokyo Games Show, Paris Games Week, and The Video Game Awards, to name a few — so I’ve my finger’s crossed we’ll be able to cross a few games off this list in the coming months.